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Last Sunday's Talks

We had 7 girls at our Talks last Sunday. It was about how to pass the SIA cabin crew interview. It was conducted by me.

The online application for the SIA cabin crew posts was supposed to end on 12 November according to SIA's website. However, we were shocked to discover that the application has been closed today. In fact, the website no longer advertised for the job vacancy. Hope SIA could explain the premature closing date.

There will be another Talks on Sunday 22 November. Click here for details.

SINGAPORE:

El Dorado won the Singapore Gold Cup title at the Turf Club on Sunday.

The Japanese-bred horse also won the title last year.

The jockeying for positions started just before the mid-way point of the 2,200-metre race which had a $1.35 million prize money at stake.

And while El Dorado scraped home last year, this time the gelding and his jockey Ronnie Stewart came in tops with a 1-1/2 length victory.

Given Vision settled for second place, a neck ahead of Desert Links.

The Singapore Turf Club also used the occasion to raise S$1 million for 21 beneficiaries. Click here for video

Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup in 1930

Phar Lap: Australia's wonder horse

He triumphed during the Great Depression of the early 1930s, when a hero was most needed by the people of Australia.

He conquered the local racing scene—36 wins from his last 41 starts—and then won North America's richest race, the Agua Caliente Handicap, in 1932.

A fortnight later he went to the great equine heaven in the skies, struck down by a mystery illness that many suspected was the work of gangsters.

Phar Lap (Movie)

Melbourne Cup winner 3 Nov 2009 "Shocking"

About the Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup, now known as the Emirates Melbourne Cup, was first run in 1861, at Flemington Racecourse, which had been in use since 1840.

It is not only Australia's most famous thoroughbred race, but it is this country's best known sporting event. The Emirates Melbourne Cup is run at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, on the first Tuesday of November each year. During the second World War, the Cup was run on a Saturday.

The Emirates Melbourne Cup is the richest race on the Australasian Racing Calendar, and in 2008, prizemoney is set at $AUD5,500,000 plus $150,000 worth of trophies for the first time. This puts the race among the richest races in the world - it is certainly the richest handicap race on Earth.

It is the dream of every owner, trainer and rider to win the Emirates Melbourne Cup, but not just for the riches that await them. The chance to become part of Australian Racing history, by winning the country's most famous sporting prize, lives deep in the psyche of Australian racing people.

The first ever Melbourne Cup was won by Archer in 1861, and he won it again the following year. The more famous winners of the great race include Carbine (1890), Phar Lap (1930), Peter Pan (1932 & 1934), Comic Court (1951), Rising Fast (1954), Galilee (1966), Rain Lover (1968 & 1969), Kiwi (1983), Vintage Crop (1993), Saintly (1996), Might And Power (1997) and Makybe Diva (2003, 2004 & 2005).

The deeds of Makybe Diva in winning three consecutive Emirates Melbourne Cups, as handicaps, had been hitherto considered impossible. No mare had ever won two Cups before Makybe Diva, and she set a weight carrying record for a mare (to win) in the 2004 Cup, and then increased that benchmark in the 2005 race.

The master trainer JB (Bart) Cummings easily holds the record for the number of Melbourne Cup winners, with eleven. Harry White and Bobbie Lewis share the riding honours with four wins each.

The Emirates Melbourne Cup is run over 3200 Metres (2 miles prior to 1972) under handicap conditions. Entries for the race close in the first week of August.

The Emirates Melbourne Cup is affectionately referred to as "the race that stops a nation". In all parts of Australia, people stop what they are doing shortly before 3.00pm on Cup Day to watch or listen to the race, via television, internet or radio. In Melbourne itself, the day is declared a public holiday, and upwards of 100,000 people usually attend Flemington Racecourse. The race is televised live to an audience of about 650 million people worldwide.

Since 1993, horses trained in the Northern Hemisphere have travelled to Melbourne each year to compete in the Melbourne Cup. In the very first year of this pilgrimage, the Irish owned and (Dermot Weld) trained Vintage Crop changed the Melbourne Cup forever, by winning the great race. A second placing by Godolphin's Central Park, in 1999, was matched by an equally bold second by that stable's front running stayer Give The Slip in 2001. Third placings by English trained Persian Punch in 1998 and 2001 were extremely brave performances.

Then in 2002, the same combination of Irish owner and trainer broke through to repeat their 1993 triumph, with the free running stayer Media Puzzle. The invasion continued in 2003 when England's Jardine's Lookout finished on hard for third, while in 2004 it took the best staying mare in the world to prevent Ireland's Vinnie Roe from lifting the Emirates Melbourne Cup out of Australia again for Dermot Weld.

Since then, entrants from Japan, USA, Ireland, England, France, Germany, UAE and Hong Kong have joined approximately 250 Australian and New Zealand horses in the list of nominations. Plans by international connections to bring horses to Melbourne are decided upon when handicap weights are announced in early September.

In 2006, the Japanese owned and trained pair Delta Blues and Pop Rock almost dead-heated for the Emirates Melbourne Cup, with the former victorious. With more than 4 lengths to the third horse, the Japanese runners lifted the Cup to a new level as the Stayers Championship of the World, and brought international racing to the forefront like few others before them.

From my ex trainee

Dear Mr. Tan,

How are you doing now? Hope your are doing great.
Stumbled across your blog recently, when searching for training materials online I was in your 777 fleet training class formerly (Batch 645).Was really glad to have you as our trainer / ward leader.
Thank you very much for your coaching & guidance along the way.
Glad that you are doing good & enjoying yourself even after retirement
Take care always!
Best regards

Ps...I am alway happy to receive this sort email from my ex trainee or crew. Axxx is one of the few who would take the time and effort to write to me. Thank you dear and may you have a long good career.

Axxx

His daughter passed the interview.

This gentleman from New Delhi,India wrote this email to me regarding the success of daughter's interview with Singapore Airlines after purchasing the "Programme" in pdf.

Hi Luke

i had purchased tips and talks from you.I prepared my daughter for her interview in delhi she got selected many thanks to you. It helped me to train my daughter according to tips and talks. When she reaches singapore i will tell her to contact you so that she can convey her thanks personally. Should i need any further advise and guidence i will contact you my phone number is MMMMMMMMMM
Regards
XXXXX

Talks for cabin crew wannabe

For more information please proceed to http://www.ourcabincrew.com

Boh Tong on SQ cabin crew interview

It made me laugh when I read about the tips Boh Tong gave to the cabin crew wannabe regarding their interview.
Not only the wannabe visualizes the interviewers being naked but the interviewers may also visualize the candidates standing naked in front of them. It is possible isn't it? Now we know why some interviewers giggle when they stared at the candidates.

SQ recruiting cc again.

It's good news for SIA cabin crew wannabe because after a break of about 10 months SIA is recruiting again.

Click here for more info.